SOLUTION: Of a journey, 4/5 of the distance was covered on a plane and 1/6 by driving. If, for the rest of the trip, 5 miles is spent walking, how many miles was the total property?
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Question 498935: Of a journey, 4/5 of the distance was covered on a plane and 1/6 by driving. If, for the rest of the trip, 5 miles is spent walking, how many miles was the total property? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Of a journey, 4/5 of the distance was covered on a plane and 1/6 by driving.
If, for the rest of the trip, 5 miles is spent walking, how many miles was the total property?
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Let x = the total distance of the journey
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total dist - plane dist - drive dist = 5 miles
x - x - x = 5
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get rid of those annoying fractions, multiply by 30, results
30x - 6(4)x - 5x = 30(5)
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30x - 24x - 5x = 150
30x - 29x = 150
x = 150 mi is the total dist
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You can confirm this, calculate:
150 - (150) - (150) =
